English

Verb

belave ‎(third-person singular simple present belaves, present participle belaving, simple past and past participle belaved)

1. (transitive) To lave or wash about; wash all over; wash.

Etymology 2

Anomalous alteration of beleve ‎(“to remain, be alive”) and belive ‎(“to remain, stay”), both from Middle English beliven ‎(“to remain”), from Old English belīfan ‎(“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną ‎(“to remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *lip- ‎(“to stick, glue”). Cognate with Dutch blijven ‎(“to remain”), German bleiben ‎(“to remain”). More at belive, leave.

Verb

belave ‎(third-person singular simple present belaves, present participle belaving, simple past and past participle belaved)

1. (archaic, intransitive) to remain, continue; to belay
2. (archaic, intransitive) to be alive

Related terms

• belive